# 2003 in architecture

The year 2003 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

## Events

* July 1 – Taipei 101 is topped out to become the tallest building in the world.
* December 20 – Triumph-Palace apartment building in Moscow becomes the highest building in Europe.
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** Daniel Libeskind's design, entitled Memory Foundations, is accepted for the World Trade Center site in New York.
** Demolition of the Department of the Environment Building (completed 1971) at Marsham Street, Westminster, London. A new five storey glass-faced Home Office building is being erected in its place.
** Nathaniel Kahn's film, My Architect: A Son's Journey, is nominated for the 2003 Academy Award for Documentary Feature.

## Buildings and structures
### Buildings opened

* January 26 — Friedman Wrestling Center at Cornell University opens, designed by CannonDesign. Friedman is said to be "the first arena in the nation built solely for [wrestling]."
* February 8 – New Salt Lake City Public Library (Utah), USA, designed by Moshe Safdie and VCBO Architecture.
* February 14 – L'Oceanogràfic marine park in Valencia, Spain, designed by Félix Candela, Alberto Domingo and Carlos Lázaro.
* March 30 – Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge across the Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, a cable-stayed bridge designed by Christian Menn, Theodore Zoli (from HNTB), W. Denney Pate (from FIGG) and Ruchu Hsu with Parsons Brinckerhoff, is opened northbound (southbound December 20).
* May – Fashion and Textile Museum in the London borough of Bermondsey, a warehouse conversion by Ricardo Legorreta.
* May 10 – Christchurch Art Gallery in New Zealand, designed by the Buchan Group.
* July 8 – Oscar Niemeyer Museum (Novo Museu) reopens in Curitiba, Brazil, originally designed by Oscar Niemeyer.
* September 4 – Selfridges store in Birmingham, England, designed by Czech-born British architect Jan Kaplický of Future Systems.
* September – Maggie's Centre, Dundee, Scotland, a drop-in cancer care centre; Frank Gehry's first work in the United Kingdom.
* October 23 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, designed by Frank Gehry, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
* December 30 – Estádio Municipal de Braga, Portugal, designed by Eduardo Souto de Moura.

### Buildings completed

* Auditorio de Tenerife in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, designed by Santiago Calatrava
* Centre for Mathematical Sciences (Cambridge), England, designed by Edward Cullinan Architects.
* Corrour Lodge, Inverness-shire, Scotland, designed by Moshe Safdie.
* The Doughnut (Government Communications Headquarters), near Cheltenham, England.
* Eleanor Roosevelt College, University of California, San Diego, designed by Moshe Safdie.
* Anshun Bridge replica in Chengdu, China, completed in August.
* Kamačnik Bridge, Gorski Kotar, Croatia, designed by Zlatko Šavor and built by Konstruktor.
* Kista Science Tower, Stockholm, Sweden.
* Schaulager, Münchenstein, Switzerland, designed by Herzog & de Meuron.
* Pantages Tower, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, designed by Moshe Safdie and Core Architects.
* Park Pobedy station in the Moscow Metro system.
* Zeughaus Wing of Deutsches Historisches Museum, designed by I. M. Pei, opens in Berlin.
* Peabody Essex Museum new wing, designed by Moshe Safdie, opens in Salem, Massachusetts.
* Latino Cultural Center in Dallas, Texas, designed by Ricardo Legorreta.
* Taipei Treasure Hill designed by Marco Casagrande.
* Keller Estate Winery in Petaluma, California, designed by Ricardo Legorreta.
* Oare Pavilion in Wiltshire, England, designed by I. M. Pei.
* Black rubber house, Dungeness beach, Kent, England, designed by Simon Conder Associates.
* Pie house in Deerfield, Illinois.
* Torre Mayor, the tallest building in Mexico (2003–present).

## Awards

* Architecture Firm Award – The Miller Hull Partnership
* Alvar Aalto Medal – Rogelio Salmona
* Driehaus Prize – Léon Krier
* Emporis Skyscraper Award – 30 St Mary Axe
* European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) – Zaha Hadid for Car Park and Terminus Hoenheim North
* Grand Prix de l'urbanisme – Michel Corajoud
* Mies van der Rohe Prize – Zaha Hadid
* Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Rem Koolhaas
* Pritzker Prize – Jørn Utzon
* Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent – Yves Lion and Claire Piguet, French Embassy in Beirut
* RAIA Gold Medal – Peter Corrigan
* RIAS Award for Architecture – Sutherland Hussey Architects for An Turas Ferry Shelter, Tiree
* RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Rafael Moneo
* Stirling Prize – Herzog & de Meuron for Laban, Deptford, London
* Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Tod Williams and Billie Tsien
* Twenty-five Year Award – Design Research Headquarters Building

## Deaths

* March 3 – Peter Smithson, English architect (born 1923)
* March 6 – Sam Scorer, English architect (born 1923)
* April 10 – Abraham Zabludovsky, Polish-born Mexican architect (born 1924)
* May 5 – Sir Philip Powell, English architect (born 1921)
* May 27 – Geoffrey Bawa, Sri Lankan architect (born 1919)
* August 10 – Cedric Price, English architect (born 1934)